Patents by Inventor Scott Hartshorn
Scott Hartshorn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11525193Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a carbon fiber. Pressure is applied to a filament to change a cross-sectional shape of the filament and create a plurality of distinct surfaces on the filament. The filament is converted into a graphitic carbon fiber having the plurality of distinct surfaces. A plurality of sizings is applied to the plurality of distinct surfaces of the graphitic carbon fiber in which the plurality of sizings includes at least two different sizings.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Keith Daniel Humfeld, Scott Hartshorn
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Patent number: 11433642Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating composite parts. One embodiment is a method of forming a composite part. The method includes laying up opposing composite facesheets, placing a viscous material between the facesheets, increasing a distance between the facesheets, and solidifying the facesheets and the viscous material into an integral composite part.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Keith Daniel Humfeld, Scott Hartshorn
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Patent number: 11235631Abstract: Autonomous craft capable of extended duration operations as lighter-than-air craft, having the ability to alight on the surface of a body of water and generate hydrogen gas for lift via electrolysis using power derived from a photovoltaic system, as well as methods of launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having a deployable envelope from a surface of a body of water.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Scott Hartshorn, Keith Daniel Humfeld
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Patent number: 10933598Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating composite parts that include both chopped fiber and continuous fiber components. One embodiment is a method that includes laying up a laminate comprising at least one ply of continuous fiber-reinforced polymer onto a first surface of a mold, filling a cavity of the mold with chopped fibers and resin that contact the laminate, curing the chopped fibers and the laminate together into an integral composite part, and separating the integral composite part from the mold.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Keith Daniel Humfeld, Scott Hartshorn
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Publication number: 20200398624Abstract: Autonomous craft capable of extended duration operations as lighter-than-air craft, having the ability to alight on the surface of a body of water and generate hydrogen gas for lift via electrolysis using power derived from a photovoltaic system, as well as methods of launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having a deployable envelope from a surface of a body of water.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Scott Hartshorn, Keith Daniel Humfeld
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Publication number: 20200392647Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a carbon fiber. Pressure is applied to a filament to change a cross-sectional shape of the filament and create a plurality of distinct surfaces on the filament. The filament is converted into a graphitic carbon fiber having the plurality of distinct surfaces. A plurality of sizings is applied to the plurality of distinct surfaces of the graphitic carbon fiber in which the plurality of sizings includes at least two different sizings.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Keith Daniel Humfeld, Scott Hartshorn
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Patent number: 10787755Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a carbon fiber. Pressure is applied to a filament to change a cross-sectional shape of the filament and create a plurality of distinct surfaces on the filament. The filament is converted into a graphitic carbon fiber having the plurality of distinct surfaces. A plurality of sizings is applied to the plurality of distinct surfaces of the graphitic carbon fiber in which the plurality of sizings includes at least two different sizings.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Keith Daniel Humfeld, Scott Hartshorn
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Patent number: 10692205Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for ultrasonic image generation. One embodiment is a method that includes capturing a first ultrasound image that represents a first volume within a part, and capturing a second ultrasound image that represents a second volume that partially overlaps the first volume. The method also includes identifying a first constellation comprising at least three inconsistencies in the part that are depicted in the first ultrasound image, identifying a second constellation, comprising a reoriented version of the first constellation, in the second ultrasound image, and generating an aggregate image that combines the first ultrasound image with the second ultrasound image.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Scott Hartshorn, Keith Daniel Humfeld
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Patent number: 10682822Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for making thermoplastic resin materials and composite resin systems and materials made from the thermoplastic resins, by seeding one melted thermoplastic material with a second thermoplastic material in a crystalline state that comprises an amount of ferromagnetic material.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Keith D Humfeld, Scott Hartshorn
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Patent number: 10533266Abstract: A carbon nanotube yarn is coated with polyacrylonitrile to form a coated carbon nanotube yarn. The polyacrylonitrile is converted to crystalline carbon to form a layered carbon fiber with a sheath of the crystalline carbon and a core of the carbon nanotube yarn.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Keith Daniel Humfeld, Scott Hartshorn
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Publication number: 20190345645Abstract: A carbon nanotube yarn is coated with polyacrylonitrile to form a coated carbon nanotube yarn. The polyacrylonitrile is converted to crystalline carbon to form a layered carbon fiber with a sheath of the crystalline carbon and a core of the carbon nanotube yarn.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Keith Daniel Humfeld, Scott Hartshorn
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Publication number: 20190315091Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating composite parts. One embodiment is a method of forming a composite part. The method includes laying up opposing composite facesheets, placing a viscous material between the facesheets, increasing a distance between the facesheets, and solidifying the facesheets and the viscous material into an integral composite part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Keith Daniel Humfeld, Scott Hartshorn
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Publication number: 20190292336Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for making thermoplastic resin materials and composite resin systems and materials made from the thermoplastic resins, by seeding one melted thermoplastic material with a second thermoplastic material in a crystalline state that comprises an amount of ferromagnetic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Keith D Humfeld, Scott Hartshorn
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Patent number: 10399400Abstract: Autonomous craft capable of extended duration operations as lighter-than-air craft, having the ability to alight on the surface of a body of water and generate hydrogen gas for lift via electrolysis using power derived from a photovoltaic system, as well as methods of launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having a deployable envelope from a surface of a body of water.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Scott Hartshorn, Keith Daniel Humfeld
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Publication number: 20190224930Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating composite parts that include both chopped fiber and continuous fiber components. One embodiment is a method that includes laying up a laminate comprising at least one ply of continuous fiber-reinforced polymer onto a first surface of a mold, filling a cavity of the mold with chopped fibers and resin that contact the laminate, curing the chopped fibers and the laminate together into an integral composite part, and separating the integral composite part from the mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Keith Daniel Humfeld, Scott Hartshorn
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Publication number: 20190096051Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for ultrasonic image generation. One embodiment is a method that includes capturing a first ultrasound image that represents a first volume within a part, and capturing a second ultrasound image that represents a second volume that partially overlaps the first volume. The method also includes identifying a first constellation comprising at least three inconsistencies in the part that are depicted in the first ultrasound image, identifying a second constellation, comprising a reoriented version of the first constellation, in the second ultrasound image, and generating an that combines the first ultrasound image with the second ultrasound image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Scott Hartshorn, Keith Daniel Humfeld
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Publication number: 20190039427Abstract: Autonomous craft capable of extended duration operations as lighter-than-air craft, having the ability to alight on the surface of a body of water and generate hydrogen gas for lift via electrolysis using power derived from a photovoltaic system, as well as methods of launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having a deployable envelope from a surface of a body of water.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Scott Hartshorn, Keith Daniel Humfeld
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Publication number: 20180347074Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a carbon fiber. Pressure is applied to a filament to change a cross-sectional shape of the filament and create a plurality of distinct surfaces on the filament. The filament is converted into a graphitic carbon fiber having the plurality of distinct surfaces. A plurality of sizings is applied to the plurality of distinct surfaces of the graphitic carbon fiber in which the plurality of sizings includes at least two different sizings.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Keith Daniel Humfeld, Scott Hartshorn
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Patent number: 8342444Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an aircraft engine to a wing includes a torque box strut for supporting the engine and a mounting system for attaching the torque box strut to the wing. The mounting system has an aft mounting system for attaching the torque box strut to the wing and that has at least one active aft link for attaching the torque box strut to the wing during normal aircraft operation, and at least one aft link catcher for attaching the torque box strut to the wing upon a failure of one of the at least one active aft link. The mounting system has a forward mounting system for attaching the torque box strut to the wing and that has at least one active forward link for attaching the torque box strut to the wing during normal aircraft operation, and at least one forward link catcher for attaching the torque box strut to the wing upon a failure of one of the at least one active forward link.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Scott Hartshorn, Dean Leon Parham, Donald T. Powell
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Publication number: 20100147996Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an aircraft engine to a wing includes a torque box strut for supporting the engine and a mounting system for attaching the torque box strut to the wing. The mounting system has an aft mounting system for attaching the torque box strut to the wing and that has at least one active aft link for attaching the torque box strut to the wing during normal aircraft operation, and at least one aft link catcher for attaching the torque box strut to the wing upon a failure of one of the at least one active aft link. The mounting system has a forward mounting system for attaching the torque box strut to the wing and that has at least one active forward link for attaching the torque box strut to the wing during normal aircraft operation, and at least one forward link catcher for attaching the torque box strut to the wing upon a failure of one of the at least one active forward link.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventors: Scott Hartshorn, Dean Leon Parham, Donald T. Powell